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lightship

noun

Definition of lightship

as in barge

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Recent Examples of lightship The clapboard houses, lightship baskets, and roses climbing up the side of Sconset roofs inspired a sense of permanence. — William D. Cohan, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025 From there, walk up India Street to Four Winds Craft Guild and admire — and perhaps purchase — artisanal lightship baskets. — New York Times, 31 July 2025 Privately, Peterson believed that the Valencia was likely past the lightship, nearing the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. — Longreads, 4 May 2023 Outside, visitors can tour the lightship Columbia, which for three decades helped ships cross the Columbia Bar. — oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020 This accommodation allows guests to sleep in a 70-year-old British lightship (which is essentially a lighthouse in boat form). — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020

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In turn, Glover said, the barge moved to give the animal a wide berth.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Jackson’s availability was curbed by red cards at Chelsea — in Bruges, a barge and shirt pull with defender Han-Beom Lee suggested those flickers of fury and confrontation still burn.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

Passenger boats have not passed through these parts since the days of the steamship petered all the way out some 60 years ago.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
The paperboard card could be used to buy airline, steamship and cruise tickets, but the balance had to be paid in full each month.

— USA Today, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of steamship

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Amazon controls the aircraft operated by 21 Air on its behalf, although the underlying ownership and leasing arrangements vary by freighter.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
The freighter will deliver this cargo three days after launch, if all goes according to plan.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

Earlier this week, Denmark accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at a Danish military helicopter over the Baltic Sea.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
Also on Tuesday, the Danish Armed Forces said a Danish military helicopter was targeted by a Russian warship, which fired two emergency flares while the helicopter was taking routine photographs of the vessel in international waters on Monday.

— Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of warship

Noun

Sotheby’s will offer Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu assis au collier (Seated Nude with Necklace), 1917, later this month.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
Holmes elevated her look by wearing nearly $80,000 worth of Arielle Ratner jewels, including the statement diamond Gatsby earrings and the diamond Gatsby collier.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 May 2026

Definition of collier

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